I need to build a new small honey house this fall/winter.  I run approximately 250 colonies, and I want this to be my LAST honey house.  I am particulalry interested in getting advice on floor matreials and finishes, wall materials and finishes, floor drains, unloading doors/platforms, and ventilation to cool yet exclude and/or remove bees.  This will primarily be a DIY project,but I have a lot of experience building and renovating houses.  I do not need a hot room.  We just finished extracting in 100 degree heat and the honey really flows in those conditions.  I want it bee-tight, beetle proof (as possible), and easy to clean.

My preliminary thoughts are to build on a concrete slab with partial concrete block walls (2-3 feet)for washing and sanitation), capped with either stud walls and truss roof or metal walls and roof.

Let me know what you think,

Bill Lord
Louisburg, NC

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